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s. H. ELLIS & T HOLT. DIPPING CERAMIC GLASS, 8w.

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SAMUEL HENRY ELLIS, OF HANLEY, AND THOMAS HOLT, OF STOKE-UPON- TRENT,ENGLAND.

DIPPlNG CERAMIC GLASS, 63cc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,621, dated.November 18, 1902.

Application filed October 22,1900. Serial No. 33,903. (No model.)

To 50% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL HENRY ELLIS, residing at 13 Lichfieldstreet, Hanley, and THOMAS HOLT, residing at Ebenezer House,

Quarry avenue, Stoke-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford, England,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in or Connected with Dipping Ceramic Glassand Like Ware, (for which they have made application for patent in GreatBritain, No. 5,673, datedMarch 27, 1900;) and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will :5 enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention for improvements in or connected with dipping ceramicglass and like ware has for its object to obviate the hand operations indipping ceramic glass and like ware in glaze and consequent risk ofleadpoisoning, while the output of dipped ware is considerablyincreased; and it consists in a machine for dipping ware.

A machine constructed according to this invention consists of a tub withhood and doors, a horizontal hollow bracket mounted on the top of thetub, so that it can be rotated through half a rotation, more or less,forward and backward, shafts at right angles to the bracket and withheads or couplings mounted in the bracket, a horizontal shaft within thebracket geared to the headed shafts and provided outside with anoperating-handle, and a cage adapted to hold the article or articles tobe dipped and to couple onto the head of a headed shaft.

Assuming the bracket to be in its normal position with the headed shaftsvertical and the head uppermost, the articles to be dipped are placed inthe cage, the cage is placed and fixed on the head and the bracketrotated half a rotation, so that the cage is dipped into glaze containedin the tub, the horizontal shaft is rotated, rotating the articles inthe glaze, and the bracket is turned back to its normal position whilestill rotating the horizontal shaft to spread the glaze evenly and throwoff superfluous glaze. Suitable stops 5o limit the motion of the bracketand the doors are self-closing, being automatically opened by thebracket as it returns to its normal position,

In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Figures 1 and 2 arerespectively side and front elevations of a dipping-machine constructedaccordingto this invention. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the operatingmachinery. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of a cage for holding platesor the like, and Figs. 6c 6 and 7 are detail views of the head on whichthe cage is secured. Fig. 8 is a detail View of a cage for holdingewers, and Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views of a cage for holding Washhand-basins or the like.

The hollow bracket a is mounted in bearings b on the top of a tub c andis provided outside the tub with the handle d and with a counterweightd. The horizontal shaft 6, having the operating handle 7, is mounted inthe bracket Ct and has rigidly fixed on it bevel-wheels f, gearing intosimilar wheels on the ends of headed shafts g, mounted in the bracket Ctat right angles to the shaft 6. In the position shown, the normal po*sition, the shafts g are vertical, with their heads uppermost. Thespring CF, in conjunction with the stop w, serves to retain the bracketa in its normal position. The bearings are protected from the glaze bythe hoods 8. The heads correspond in shape to the bottom of cage and areprovided with two grooves hi at right angles to one another, one groove,h, having a projecting lip l. The bottom of the cage m is provided withradial 8 5 bars at, that drop into the grooves h f, and the cage is thenpushed backward to force one cross-bar under the lip land is retained inthis position by the spring lever or catch 0. The tub is provided with ahood p and with 0 doors q, closed by the springs s. Projections ton thebracket as the bracket a comes back to its normal position press againstthe inside faces of the double doors and open the doors. At the front ofthe tub is the table 5 12, on which is fixed an arm y, that comesagainst one of the bearings of the headed shafts and prevents thebracket being turned beyond its normal position. A projection 10 on theoutside of the tub prevents the handle 103 01 being turned too far inthat direction.

The cage consists of the vertical bars 1 4,

provided with projections 2 to receive, hold, and separate the plates,and of the end rings 3, in which the bars 1 are fixed. The bar 4: isfixed to the curved pieces 5, that pivot on the adjacent bar 1, so thatthe bar 4 can be moved out of the way to insert or remove plates. On thebar 4 the double bolt q slides vertically in bearings on the bar and isforced outward by the helical springs 6. The ends of the bolts take intorecesses in the rings 3. The curved arms are bifurcated at their ends toclasp the rings and retain themselves in position vertically.

In the cage shown in Fig. 8 the cage is provided also with a support 7,having adjustable heads 12 sliding thereon to hold the ewers, the headsprojecting outward from the support 7.

In the cage shown in Fig. 9 notches 9 are provided in the upright barsto receive rings 10, on which the basins are placed.

In both Figs. 8 and 9 one vertical bar is hinged and held in position bya spring-catch 11 to enable the articles to be placed in or withdrawnfrom the cage.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A machine for dipping ware, consisting of a tub, a horizontal bracketmounted on the tub and adapted to be rotated half a revolution more orless, headed shafts mounted in the bracket at right angles to and gearedto the horizontal shaft and cages adapted to fit and be retained on theheads.

2. A machine for dipping ware consisting of a tub, a horizontal bracketmounted on the tub and adapted to be rotated half a revolution more orless, a headed shaft mounted in the bracket at right angles to andgeared to the horizontal shaft, and vertical bars with projections, endrings in which the bars are secured the lower one of which is adapted tofit and be retained on the head of the vertical shaft, and a verticalbar hinged to one ring and adapted to be detachably secured to the otherend ring.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL HENRY ELLIS. THOMAS HOLT.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE F. AncooK, J. H. CoPEsTAKE.

